JEAN PIAGET’S

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY

Jean Piaget in his theory of Cognitive Development have
identified four stages, and these four stages are essential for the
child’s mental development. The four stages in Piaget’s
Cognitive development theory are Sensorimotor stage: ages 0-2,
Preoperational stage: ages 2-7, Concrete operational stage: ages
7-11, and Formal Operational stage: ages 12 and above. His
theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire
knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.
Sensorimotor stage suggest that a child learns through
experiences or trial and error while preoperational stage states
that this is the age where a child develops his/her language,
memory, and imagination. Concrete operational stage states that
in this age we expect children to be more logical and
methodological in the manipulation of symbols. Formal
operational states that in these ages children uses symbols to
relate to abstract concepts, to be able to make hypotheses and
grasp abstract concepts and relationships.

These stages by Piaget’s is useful for everyone, it’s about

recognizing the stage the child is currently in and be able to
adjust to that development level. It’s very important for me
because i personally will be mingling with lots of people
because i love to go out and be with people by this, i can adjust
the way i interact and i will be able to understand why that
person is acting that way base on his/her development level. And
through his theory i am able to understand also why i act the
way i act for now i am in the Formal operational i am able to
grasps abstract concepts like arts and the like. I am very thankful
that through his theory i am able to give sense to my actions as
why i did certain things. Through Jean Piaget’s Theory i am able
to understand myself better, how? By making me aware of my
actions and the reason to it because Eckhart Talle once said and i
quote,”Awareness is the greatest agent for change”.

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MICHAEL ARDEN MONISIT

BS AMT 1 GEN. ED 2